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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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SAYING
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MAN AND A BOY IS THE PRICE OF
THEIR TOYS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
SAYING
THE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART IS THROUGH HIS STOMACH
Submitter comment:
SHE WAS MARRIED TO THE SAME MAN FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
SHE IS THE MOTHER OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
James Callow Keyword(s): COOKING FOOD ; LOVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
SAYING
A MAN WHO KEEPS DIRTY FINGERNAILS DO NOT TOUCH MUCH WATER.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
REMEDIES
TO REMOVE A STAR FROM THE EYE, USE ALAGA SYRUP DILUTED WITH WATER.
James Callow comment:
WHEN THE COLLECTOR ASKED THE INFORMANT WHETHER A STAR WAS A STY,
THE INFORMANT SAID SHE ALWAYS KNEW A STY BY ONLY ONE NAME--
A STAR--AND THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE SHE KNEW IN MOBILE CALLED IT.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
James Callow Keyword(s): STY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
REMEDIES
JELLO WATER STOPS STOMACH UPSETS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
SAYINGS
A PERSON SHOULD NEVER PIERCE EARS UNLESS THERE IS A FULL MOON
BECAUSE IT WILL CAUSE COMPLICATIONS.
Submitter comment: SHE SAID PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO GET SEVERE INFECTIONS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
REMEDIES
CRANBERRY JUICE COCKTAIL WILL TAKE CARE OF BLADDER INFECTIONS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
REMEDIES
CATNIP TEAS IS GOOD FOR COLIC IN BABIES.
Submitter comment:
SHE SAID THAT SHE HAS NEVER HAD TO EXPERIENCE HER CHILDREN
CRYING AT NIGHT.
MOTHER OF THIRTEEN
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
REMEDIES
TAKE ONE TEASPOON OF DRY MUSTARD; IT WILL DROP BLOOD PRESSURE.
Submitter comment:
BEFORE MY GRANDMOTHER VISITS THE DOCTOR, SHE TAKES MUSTARD
AND SHE SAYS IT DROPS HER BLOOD PRESSURE EVERY TIME.
MY GRANDMOTHER HAS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
REMEDIES
APPLE CIDER VINEGAR WILL TAKE THE STING OUT OF INSECT BITES.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
REMEDIES
ACIDOPHILUS YOGURT CAN BE USED TO CURE VAGINAL INFECTIONS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
REMEDIES
TAKING ZINC AND PINEAPPLE JUICE A FEW DAYS BEFORE HAVING DENTAL
SURGERY, WILL HELP EASE THE PAIN AND ANY COMPLICATIONS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Surgery |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
REMEDIES
OPEN A VITAMIN E CAPSULE AND APPLY AROUND THE EYES; IT WILL REMOVE LINES.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
James Callow Keyword(s): WRINKLES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P754 |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
Please do not put your hat on the table. This is bad luck !
Submitter comment:
My mother quickly put my hat in the chair as she yelled out
do not put that there, it is bad luck.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1990
Warlocks kill the youngest male in the family who has not
been baptized and takes the fat from the body and uses it for
power to fly.
Submitter comment:
As the informant told this to me I could see that she was
only relating a folklore to me. I do not believe she actually
took this to heart.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Baptism Naming rite |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
BELIEF
IF SOMEONE SWEATS ON THEIR NOSE IT MEANS THAT THEY ARE MEAN
OR EVIL.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONALITY
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
REMEDY
PLACE A LARGE QUANTITY OF ROCK CANDY IN A LITTLE WHISKEY TO
MAKE A THICK SYRUP. TAKE A FEW SPOONFULS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY
TO CURE A COLD OR CHEST CONGESTION.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-14-1972
HEADACHE CURE
A RAW POTATO CUT INTO PIECES, THEN WRAPPED IN A CLOTH AND
TIED AROUND YOUR HEAD WILL CURE A HEADACHE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-14-1972
CURE FOR STYS
TO CURE A STY ON YOUR EYE, GET WAX FROM YOUR EAR AND PUT IT
ON THE STY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU GET A CUT OR OPEN WOUND ON GROUND HOG DAY, IT WON'T HEAL.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 04-14-1972